Crimes Against Crochet: Jean Paul Gaultier’s ankle-length dress

We’d perhaps be able to understand this dress a little better if it was a beach cover-up, say. That doesn’t mean we’d be able to forgive it, mind you – it’s not like it’s actually going to cover anything up, after all, which kinda defeats the purpose – but we would at least have some small inkling of why it came to exist.

A £570 / $945 beach cover-up, though? We don’t think so. And when you consider that £570 is the SALE price, and it was originally retailing for £760/$1,260, it all becomes even more baffling.

Why does it exist? Who would buy it? We’re stumped, readers, so if you can step in with the answers to these questions, we’d be grateful.

If you just want to step in and buy it, meanwhile, it’s available from Yoox.com

Noe

naomi

looks like jean paul went through the family heirloom box and found his grand tante marie’s tablecloth from 1978 was easily convertable to a dress
maybe cate blanchet would buy this…she did wear the quilt dress after all

AJ

Ash

Gina

Check out the bottom hem – its those little curly cues a child learns when starting crochet and gives to their BFs to hang on backpacks or key chains.
Maybe this is a subtle cry for help from a child’s sweat shop forced to crank out this degree of ugliness.